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DIRECT USES
 
Total thermal installed capacity in MWt:
3.3
Direct use in TJ/year
39.58
Direct use in GWh/year
11
Capacity factor
0.38

 

Direct-use of geothermal energy in the country is very limited. Two agricultural drying plants using geothermal heat are located at Palinpinon and Manito. The Palinpinon project uses steam from the Southern Negros Geothermal Projects (Palinpinon I geothermal power plant) where coconut meat and copra are dried (Chua and Abito, 1994).

The main resorts using geothermal heat are at Laguna and Agco.

The various applications are:

1.63 MWt and 26.93 TJ/yr for agricultural draying (the majority at the Palinpinon plant);
1.67 MWt and 12.65 TJ/yr for bathing and swimming;

for a total of 3.3 MWt and 39.58 TJ/yr.
 

Taken from the paper by John W. Lund, Derek H. Freeston, and Tonya L. Boyd: "Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy 2010 Worldwide Review"; published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010